Brave Initiatives

Inspired by Rosie the Riveter, this summer's Brave Camp crew dressed up to show their woman power!

Insights Activity

After some interviews with local experts, the Brave Camp campers write out their insights on Post-Its.

Notes from Pollution Project

Notes from Safety Project

Prototyping!

After diving into their problem spaces and brainstorming solutions, the girls got to mock up low-fidelity prototypes of their designs.

This summer, I worked with the co-founders of Brave Initiatives to think through how we could best teach high school girls to design solutions for complex social problems using technology. After coaching a Brave Camp team this July, I was asked to return for a 9-hour follow up workshop on design-thinking and social innovation this fall. This workshop gave me the chance to come up with a top-to-bottom design-thinking curriculum where we would go through the entire process in a single work day! This included:

Scoping 3 social innovation projects

Outlining how the girls would conduct user research/synthesize their data

Communicating complex design concepts in simple, concise ways

Empowering the girls by providing them with the skills they need to create real social impact!